He nodded. "Can't say I've got much direct experience with that, but I believe it," Lea said.
He was equally glad of the subject change to more immediate and mundane issues though. He shrugged when asked about the materials. "Wrecked cars, fallen trees, inconveniently placed fences, trash cans, decorative planters, shop signs... Really if there's a thing in your average city that could get in your way if all the people suddenly vanished, that thing has probably been in our way," he said. "That's why digging isn't an option; it's not one big obstacle we have to get past, it's a lot of smaller ones. We'd probably make more headway if we just smashed our way though, but all this stuff belongs to people, and when we do eventually get them back they're probably going to want their stuff back as intact as possible, you know? So it's relatively low and steady wins the race."
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He was equally glad of the subject change to more immediate and mundane issues though. He shrugged when asked about the materials. "Wrecked cars, fallen trees, inconveniently placed fences, trash cans, decorative planters, shop signs... Really if there's a thing in your average city that could get in your way if all the people suddenly vanished, that thing has probably been in our way," he said. "That's why digging isn't an option; it's not one big obstacle we have to get past, it's a lot of smaller ones. We'd probably make more headway if we just smashed our way though, but all this stuff belongs to people, and when we do eventually get them back they're probably going to want their stuff back as intact as possible, you know? So it's relatively low and steady wins the race."